Scholars in the courtyard

The courtyard was full of joy, and the bustle of the past was restored again.

People in the surrounding compounds who had received the news were also eagerly waiting for their family members to return.

Eighteen miles of slope.

Director Ji put away the stethoscope and smiled at the old man in front of him, "Grandma, you are feeling better now."

"What? What's wrong with me?"

Director Ji knew that the old man was deaf, so he gestured with his hands and extended two thumbs. The old man immediately laughed when he saw it, and then pulled the grandson beside him and said, "Show him."

"Come on, auntie, try it."

"The fever is gone, I'm fine."

Villagers lined up one after another to be examined at the table.

Doctors and nurses, like Director Ji, patiently examine every villager.

After the inspection is completed, these people will follow the instructions and leave the village.

Leave the place where their ancestors have lived for generations, leave this place that brings them fear.

They will be arranged to a new village, where there will be many daily necessities, farm tools and equipment, seeds, and government-subsidized materials.

With these things, they will quickly take root and integrate into the group.

After the last villager was inspected, the guards on guard at the perimeter began to enter the village for a final search.

By evening, all the villagers had been sent away.

The entire village was bathed in flames, burning away all the evil within.

"Chief, the work here is over, we should go back."

Director Ji looked at the bright red color in front of him and said to the old man beside him.

"Go back. This time we come out, we have to go back and see how the situation is at home?"

"Well, but I have one thing to ask you, chief."

"You said, as long as it can be done, it will be done."

Director Ji nodded, "I want to visit the Red Star Machinery Factory and thank them in person."

"It's easy."

The old man agreed without thinking, "Wait until tomorrow, and I will ask Shengsheng to send you there."

"Fuck it, let's go back to the city and celebrate the Lantern Festival."

"Eating glutinous rice balls."

Yang Xiaotao brought the glutinous rice dumplings that he had made all afternoon to the table. In front of the table, Mr. Yang picked one up with chopsticks and placed it in the Dragon Boat Festival bowl, not forgetting to blow it hard.

Dragon Boat Festival looked at the round white Lantern Festival, holding a fork in his hand and stabbing it continuously, but he couldn't hit it after several times, and his little face suddenly became gloomy.

It's just that in addition to Ran Qiuye, the mother-in-law, there is also a father who dares to spank him, so he doesn't dare to be too presumptuous.

Ran Qiuye put the child aside, and the two girls sat there leaning on the quilt. One laughed and the other laughed too. Especially when she saw Yang Xiaotao, she was so excited after not seeing each other for many days that she was still eager to try.

On the other side is a veteran who came back from the steel factory.

The machinery factories were all lifted, and the situation in the steel factories also improved, so they followed suit and let the workers leave.

Of course, you should also wear a mask when you go home, pay attention to protection, and avoid going to crowded places.

"Master, Taoist, there are also Qiuye. The New Year wine was replenished today."

Yang Xiaotao held the wine glass and said, "I wish everyone good health, no illness or disaster, and a long life."

Mr. Yang smiled and said, "It's not the first lunar month, it's the New Year. It's not too late, not too late."

Zhang Laodao also nodded, "Infinite Heavenly Lord. No illness or disaster, that's a good thing."

Ran Qiuye then said, "Yes, as long as we are safe, that is the greatest blessing."

"Dry!"

The four of them clinked their wine cups together and drank it all in one gulp.

"Eat, eat, you don't know, in the factory these days, I can't eat well, live uncomfortably, and have a lot of things on my mind. Even when I'm sleeping, I have to stay awake, for fear that I won't be able to answer the phone call in the middle of the night."

Yang Xiaotao complained there, but the people at the table picked up their chopsticks and kept eating.

Ran Qiuye swallowed the pork belly in his mouth, "There are a lot of things going on in the hospital, and everyone is on tenterhooks. They don't know what happened, and they were suddenly left at home."

"At the beginning, everyone said that the flu was very serious, which scared us."

"Later, infected people appeared in the hospital, and everyone was even more panicked. They didn't even dare to go out."

Several people were eating at the table and talking about what happened in the past half month.

And the same scene keeps happening in the courtyard.

In the simple courtyard, an iron kettle sat on the stove, steaming out at the moment.

Around the stove, four or five people were sitting, leaning, leaning on their backs, or sitting upright.

Several people stared at the stove, but no one spoke.

It wasn't until the door opened and four people walked in one after another that everyone stood up and nodded to the four people.

Then the door was gently closed by the guard.

"Long time no see, boss."

"Haha, I almost couldn't get up this time."

The leading old man greeted everyone, and several people stayed away, joking.

"If you ask me, it's thanks to us that we got the life-saving medicine in time this time. Otherwise, we would have gone to see Marx together."

The funny voice made everyone in the room laugh.

The grizzled old man stepped aside from behind and hurriedly waved, "It's not my fault, I also walked around the gate of hell. But when Marx saw me, he said, your work is not finished yet, come back."

"So, I came back."

Hahaha

Everyone laughed again.

But everyone knows in their hearts what they relied on to successfully escape this time.

Everyone has a steelyard in their hearts, knowing that this favor may not necessarily be repaid, but if it really happens, we have to help.

"Let's stop chatting and talk about business first."

The leader of the old man said while touching the cigarette case out of habit, but found that he didn't have it in his pocket.

Only then did he remember that the attending physician had specially taken away his cigarettes.

"Well, who brought cigarettes?"

The old man looked around sheepishly, stretched out his scissor hand, and gestured.

He was disappointed that no one took it out.

These old comrades are too revolutionary.

"I know, I've seen the box in your pocket. There's no one here, here's one."

The bearded old man quickly covered his pocket with his hand, "No way, you are wrong, I don't have it." "Hey, you old boss."

"Ahem, everyone is fine, please don't put any poison."

Suddenly a gentle female voice sounded, and the old man immediately retracted his hand, "Sir, I forgot. I forgot."

Everyone laughed again.

At this time, the thin old man came out to smooth things over, "I don't have any cigarettes, can I give you this pipe? Can you smoke it even if you can't smoke it?"

As he said this, he handed over a wooden pipe, and the old man put it in his mouth without objection. The familiar feeling suddenly came over him.

"Everyone knows the cause of this influenza and the losses, so I won't say more."

The old man looked serious, "Now, we need to discuss the current international situation."

After hearing this, everyone corrected their attitude.

The thin old man next to him took out a document and said, "According to the information collected by our comrades, there has been a large-scale outbreak in Japan. Influenza has even broken out in several bases."

"Now, the country of Japan is in a mess, with more than one million people infected, tens of thousands of deaths, direct economic losses exceeding tens of millions of dollars, and indirect losses that are countless."

"It has even broken out in quite a few garrison bases and is even spreading to other countries."

"So far, we have not found any way for Japan to control it."

"What we want to discuss is whether to extend a helping hand."

After the thin old man finished speaking, everyone fell silent.

Emotionally, everyone rejected it.

Both have experienced the cruelty of war and know each other's sins on this land.

There are so many evil deeds that there are too many to describe.

But intellectually, the last thing they can do is to be emotional.

How to gain the upper hand in the game between countries is what they should consider.

Everyone continued to be silent.

Even the old man holding a pipe looked solemn.

After a long time, an old man wearing an old military uniform looked around, stood up and said very forcefully, "Assistance, yes, just buy it with money."

Three words to express attitude.

If you want free assistance, just dream.

This is no longer the age of being taken advantage of.

"That's right. What we are here for is not business. Our things are not for nothing."

Some people around him agreed, and some even nodded in agreement.

At this time, an old man wearing a military uniform, but with all the buttons buttoned and wrapped tightly, leaned in front of the stove, feeling the temperature of the fire, but his eyes avoided the firelight under the stove, and his face looked much more relaxed. , then said, "Has our medicine been researched yet?"

After everyone heard this, they looked at the middle-aged man at the back.

"no!"

The middle-aged man answered simply, "Although we have found a way to control the disease, we have not found the key yet."

"Why so slow? Speed ​​up!"

"Yes. We have deployed experts and organized them to conquer it as soon as possible."

The good man wiped the sweat from his head and said seriously.

So, the old man who just spoke looked up at the old man by the stove, "I don't think it's appropriate to provide support until the antidote is researched!"

Cough
The old man covered his mouth and coughed twice, then continued, "We even have to block the news. Even if the other party finds out, we have to delay it as much as possible!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this.

Thinking of this man's past, from Pingxingguan to Northeast China, his success was all due to his calmness and coldness.

If his health were better, he might be able to shoulder the heavy responsibility.

Unfortunately, he got infected again this time and became even weaker.

It was also because of this infection that he had to come to the meeting, probably just for "revenge"!

"agree!"

Someone beside him immediately seconded the idea and stated his own reasons, "Before we fully grasp the control method, it is extremely irresponsible to rashly send these things out."

"I think that with the opponent's scientific research technology, it is very likely that we can find a way to control it. By then, the offensive and defensive positions will change, and the initiative will no longer be in our hands."

"Yes, I agree."

A group of people once again expressed their opinions. Now most people in the room support no assistance. Even if assistance is paid, it is still a prerequisite for control.

The old man bit his pipe and made no decision.

Seeing this, the lady who originally spoke spoke again, "But our situation here will be known sooner or later."

"I even think that news has spread."

"Moreover, if the other party develops the antidote in advance, we will lose this opportunity."

"So, we have to seize the timing of the announcement."

The four leaders listened to everyone's opinions, made eye contact, and then nodded.

The leading old man put down his pipe, "I think the opinions of comrades are all good!"

"We can't let this great opportunity pass by and not make money."

People around him laughed and said, "That's right. You can make a lot of money from selling soap and medicine at the right time."

The old man habitually picked up the cigarette holder, "But you can't ignore it! After all, this paper can't stop the fire, and the ugly daughter-in-law will have to see her parents-in-law sooner or later."

"It's not like we are shameful, why not take this opportunity to stir up this muddy water."

The old man took the pipe and drew it twice on his chest. Under the curious eyes of everyone, he clicked on it, "Now, we are facing more than one person!"

"This, in all directions."

"There are jackals all around!"

"I think we can take this opportunity to open a window and let out some noise so that the guests can see that our new stove has been set up and they are ready to treat guests."

"I also have the same opinion. We should clean the house, put tea on the table, and let the guests see our attitude."

The thin old man agreed and took out a document at the same time, "Now, many third world countries are looking at us. This is a powerful force!"

Several people around him became energetic after hearing this.

Now that the international situation is tense, we need to find some friends at home!

"In that case, let's clean up and send out invitations at the appropriate time to see if any guests are willing to knock on the door!"

"agree!"

"can!"

Finally, under the suggestion of the leading old man, everyone voted by a show of hands and unanimously agreed.

(End of this chapter)